Identifying former injecting drug users infected with hepatitis C: an evaluation of a general practice-based case-finding intervention

B.L. Cullen; Sharon Hutchinson; S.O. Cameron; E. Anderson; S. Ahmed; E. Spence; P.R. Mills; R.P. Mandeville; E. Forrest; M. Washington; R. Wong; R. Fox; David J. Goldberg

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdr097

Identifying former injecting drug users infected with hepatitis C: an evaluation of a general practice-based case-finding intervention

B.L. Cullen, Sharon Hutchinson, S.O. Cameron, E. Anderson, S. Ahmed, E. Spence, P.R. Mills, R.P. Mandeville, E. Forrest, M. Washington, R. Wong, R. Fox, David J. Goldberg

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Abstract

In Scotland, a general practice-based case-finding initiative, to diagnose and refer hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infected former injecting drug users (IDUs), was evaluated. Testing was offered in eight Glasgow general practices in areas of high deprivation and high HCV and IDU prevalence to attendees aged 30–54 years with a history of IDU. Test uptake and diagnosis rates were compared with those in eight demographically similar control practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14-23
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Public Health
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr097
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

injecting drug use
hepatitis C
diagnosis rates

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Cullen, B. L., Hutchinson, S., Cameron, S. O., Anderson, E., Ahmed, S., Spence, E., Mills, P. R., Mandeville, R. P., Forrest, E., Washington, M., Wong, R., Fox, R., & Goldberg, D. J. (2012). Identifying former injecting drug users infected with hepatitis C: an evaluation of a general practice-based case-finding intervention. Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr097

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